Hard to beat the Don Carlos, unless you have a heavy palate (read: a Nicaraguan puro aged under 2 years is your preferred). Pairs very nicely with red wines, tonight it's a Catena malbec from Argentina. Well constructed, balanced blend. Draw was a bit tight, but no relights, no touching up necessary.
Lateralled over from my usual Fuente, the Hemingway Signature, to get a friend to stop bugging me to try the Don Carlos. Very very pleasant medium bodied smoke. The Cameroon wrapper shines here. If you're developing your cigar palette and want a reference point for Cameroon hard to do better than this. Binders and fillers are Dominican, smooth nutty with a mineral trace. Good construction, very nice smoke volume for a corona. Even burn, held the ash to about an inch and a half.
This one burned perfectly, and had a great draw. The flavor was in line with other Don Carlos that i have had, with a little more citrus coming through which was not necessarily a good thing, but it was still very enjoyable. So far the robusto is my favorite.
Had one of these yesterday at a local lounge, great stick. The flavor somehow got better by the end, which i don’t see very often. Would take this one any day of the week.
Always a Great Smoke! Great Build, Great draw, plenty of smoke. Burn was just ok as it was very windy. Woody, some black Pepper, gets earthier and leathery in the last third.
AFDC presidente
medium / super smooth / nutty/ Starts creamy light sweetness
Gets deeper, earthy, bolder as it burns without taking you to the land of “Too Much”
stays on palate very nicely
9.5/10